I have an old computer on which I'm running Windows 95 and IE 5.5. I've had no problems with it until about a month ago when I started getting "INVALID PAGE
FAULTS in module <unknown>" (usually - sometimes in KERNEL32.DLL). This happens 3 or 4 times and then I either get a Blue Screen "FATAL EXCEPTION 0E in VXD
VWIN32(04)" (usually) or the computer screen locks up and I need to do a restart for the PC. This happened when I tried to log on to my ISP (JUNO 5.0). Sometimes
if I ran my firewall (ZONE ALARM) I could bypass the page faults and get connected. However, eventually I would get the same page faults in IE and the PC
screen would then freeze up. This happens with other programs also. I haven't installed any new hardware or software before this started happening. Windows
booted up fine without any problems or errors happening.
I ran a virus check and found a couple of Trojans, which I cleaned out. The virus check now shows no problems. Talking with JUNO, they said it was a Windows
Internal Memory problem and suggested I re-install their program, which I did, along with re-installing Windows 95 itself and IE 5.5. I then did a SCANDISK and a DEFRAG on the disk. I've also done what was listed in the articles here on "How to fix invalid page faults" and "How to fix a fatal exception error". I've
disabled Window's handling of the virtual memory and set it to 3 times my RAM. I've run MEMTEST86 for 21 hours to test the RAM and it found no errors. The
problem still happens, but now more frequently, and I can not bypass it anymore by running the firewall. Also, now at the end of the startup, I am getting the invalid page fault/fatal exceptions in loadwc.exe and/or explorer.exe.
When I start in SAFE MODE, I can run programs with no problems (but can't logon to the interned because there is no modem in SAFE MODE). If I run "Step-by-Step Confirmation" and reply yes to start Windows GUI and Load Windows Drivers, I also get the page faults/fatal exception messages. If I do not load Windows Drivers, it comes up in Safe Mode. It looks like something is messed up when it loads the Windows Drivers. Is there some way I can further isolate which Driver(s) may be causing the problem? I've tried doing Refresh for each device in Device Manager, but this hasn't done any good.